Sheet-metal box.



G. KLENK.

SHEET METAL BOX.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 10. ran. RENEWED APR. 3, 1915.

1 139 5370 Patented May 18, 1915.

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G. KLENK.

SHEET METALBOX.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 10. I911. RENEWED APR. 3. 1915.

1 139 5370 Patented May 18, 1915.

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SHEET-METAL BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented May is, was.

Application filed April 10, 1911, Serial No. 620,068. ltenewed April 8, 1915. Serial No. 19,035.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GOTTLIEB KLENK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Defiance, in the county of Defiance and State 5 of Ohio, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Sheet-Metal Boxes,

of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

sheet metal boxes of the class used for storing and transporting bottles containing liquids; it pertaining more particularly to boxes of this sort which-have open bottoms l5 furnished with wire supports for the bottles,

and also having longitudinal and transverse sheet metal partitions, whereby the interior of the box is divided up into bottle compartments.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the box as a whole. Fig. 2- is a bottom plan view. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal cross section taken along the line 3-'3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a transverse cross section taken along the line 4-401 Fig. 2, Fig. 5 is an enlarged frag- 6' isa'n enlarged fragmentary cross section taken along the line 66 of Fig. 2.

. The box is made of sections of sheet metal suitably secured together and properly reinforced.

2,. 2 indicate the side walls, and 3, 3 the end walls, each formed of. a section of sheet metal which in general formation is recsections are crimped together to form the vertical corner flanges 4. The top of the boxis'preferably provided with a strong flat binding and reinforcing metal bar- 5.

Around this the upper edge parts of the side sections Zand the end sections 3 are crimped, preferably by having formed therein, respectively, flat beads, ach having the outward turned horizontal flange part 5, the edge-part 5?, the top horizontal flange part. 5, and the outwardly turned 1i 5? whic liesunder the inner edge of the at band 5. I To further reinforce the upper portion o.the box, and add to the strength given by the flat band 5, lnemploymetallic bars 6 which are rivetedtothe side wallsections 2. These extend from one of the corner crimps at=f4 to, the opposite :one and are placed as I snugly as possible under theoutwardly over )h'anging part of the strip 5, so that any- This-invention relates to improvements in mentary cross section similar to Fig. 3. Fig.

tangular. The side sections and the end vertical distorting force applied to the top The crimps should not extend beyond the outer edge of the overhanging flange art at 5", lest projections shou (1 appear w ich will be dangerous in the handling, shoving, or throwing of the boxes. The crimps or oflsets'at 6 serve as pillars or abutments to prevent the parts at 5, 5 from being bent or distorted downward. v

The side wall sections and the end Wall sections, at their lower edges, are bent outward and then inward to form the flange 7. Horizontal sheet metal strips 8, 9 arerprovided and the outer edges of these are folded or crimped with the metal of flange 7, as shown in the drawing, whereby the flange 7 is reinforced and the strips 8 and 9 are held securely in place at the bottom of the box. At 10 there is an additional bend given to each side wall and each end wall section so as to bring the metal of these sheets -snugly down to engage the top of the bent portion ,11. The strips 9 are each formed with two relatively long beads 11, and an intermediate shorter bead 11 12 and 12 are heavy wire rectangles.-

Each is secured in place by one of the beads 11 and two of the transversely opposite beads 11 formed on the strips 8 and 9. Supplemental to these beaded strips, 8 at the ends, and 9 at the sides, there are metal strips 8 and 9 Those at 9 are at their outer edges crimped in with the parts at the flanges 7. The-opposite edges of these strips 9" are turned downward and upward above,

the strips 9, a strongv interior flange being 'thus provided at each side of the bottom part of the box. Theend strips 8 are similarly crimped attheir outer edges with the parts of the flange 7. These have their inner edges also turned backward or outward and clamped firml with the aforesaid strips 8 and immediately above them. These strips 8 have heads at 8 for the purpose to be described.v

' most parts safely sup orted when standing on aflat' surface. he innermost legsor cross bars ofxthewire rectangles 12 and 12 are firmly bound together b' means of a. sheet metal cross strip 13 which is beaded at its ed es, as shown at 13%, the beads firmly inclosmg the inner legs or bars 12 of the wire rectangles. The bottom surface of this binding sheet, band, or bar 13,is inthe horizontal plane of the bottom edgesof the beads -11 and 11, and this assists ingiving a firm strong support for the box, as a whole, and its contents. Y

projection which extends downwardly (and formed of the two wire rectangles "12 and 12, togetherzwith the beads 11 and 11 and the binding and connecting strip 13.)v has its outermost lines so arranged that'while they are-parallel to. the bottom edges of the end sections and the side sections of the box, they lie at .a distance inside of the, edge lines.

.This' provides for a. 'stron stacking rest ,mentaof anyboxin the stack isprevented.

outside of the rectangular aseythis vrest be ing composedof "the crimpedor bent*parts of the Wall.- sections: and. the crimped strips 8- 9, 18-.a;nd-. 9!. One box can 'beplaced rest of one-bearing. downward upon the topbracing flange-at-5-of "the: one below i u and the base rectangle of the upper one fitting inside the inner edges ofthetop of the boxbelow, so :that horizontaldisplace- In addition to theaparts above described, use is made-of. a series of interior walls or partitions 16. These lie parallel to the end walls and are so arranged asto divide trans versely the interior. of the box into substantially equal divisions- Each of'these is secured to the-side walls of the box by flanges 16" and rivets-16".. -At the upper edges they are provided-with small beads 16 which surround bracing wires 16. At. their lower edges they are formed with-beads 16".

Longitudinally ofthe'box there are narrower vertically arranged partition walls 17.

These intersect the partitions 16 in such way as to furnish a series of bottle compartments substantially square inplan outline. They .do not extend downward to the bottom of ably made of lengths ofvgire the partitions 16, 'such' a widthnot being rei18, 18 are bottle supporting rods. prefer-' I, They are so arranged. as to :present' -.two parallel bars under the central part of each longitudinal row of bottle compartments. .The. twobars of each pair may be formed of one-piece-of ,strain. binding for-the base partsof the box and a It will beseen that the rectangular base 1n brewerles I 'asssisting in supporting-the box, ily twisted and distorted? "Thiscarrying ofthe partition .walls down to thelower hori at the ends of the. box

zontal flange aroundthe ,a rectangular'wire -stacking base wire. bent at the central part of the total I in theinterior partitions 16 near the lower edges of the latter.

It will be observedthat th'e.beads 16 ?at bottom edgesof the base rectangle 12 and 12 that the partitions are relieved'of-all Heretofore I have constructed boxes of the .bottoms. of the partitions -16 -.are arranged. on lines so high relatively. .to the this sort in the manner shown in my Patent No. 912,273, issued February '9, 1909. These earlier boxeshad the longitudinal partitions extended down in enough to bring their beads and bead wires substantiallyflush, or

in the same [horizontal planes, with the to have the lower edges of the partitions contact with and ride upon the rollers in the gravity roller conveyors 'commonly us'ed and similar places where: the

. H bottlesare filled and the cases are charged. directly-upon :the top-of another, the bottom B 35 ut experience with'the'boxes shown in the lowermost surfaces of the bottom parts of z thebox; This .was done in order to have .the partitions of the bottle compartments take much of the strainexperienced bythe lowermost parts,- and particularly designed the partitions (either the shorter-transverse partitions orthe longer longitudinalones).

when subjected to such strains,arising from zontal'plane of the box was largely necessitated because there was present-only one are :speed- In the present construction I divide the bottom-area of the box into'twoyapproximately equal parts-by the base rectangles 12 and .12", and by combining these the binding sheet 'orbar 131 furmsh a. support:

ing device which takes the entire-thrust and strain in; such waythat the partitions 161ml 17 are-relievedaof-a-ll-the twisting anddis action; as their'lower edges are 're-" tortin move from contact with the su ortmg' bodies below the box.-

1. In a' sheet metal -box downward-below-the-flangealon lines within-theiperiphery thereof, beade "sheet metal p of the Ida- 1- scnbed,- comprising: side 1 and end; sections" ottom-of the-box,

strips secured to the side and end sections and serving to hold the wire base in place, a series ofvertical transverse partitions provided at their lower edges with beads located to. dividef theibox -into bottle compartments,

and a seriesof longitudinal bottle support'. ing rods gharin their end parts rigidly se-.

cured to the' 'eri sections of the box, the intermediate p'arts" of the rods extending through thetransverse partitions and being supported thereby- 2. A} sheetl m'etal .scribed',,. comprising" side and end sections crimpe'd' at. their lower edges to form a hori- ZOntaLfla'iIgbJ-M O Hd the bottom of the box, e rectangular-. stacking' base formed of two adjacent wire rectangles,'the base rojecting downward-below the flange along mes withv g g in the periphery'thereofiheaded sheet metal,

box of the class "dc- Witnesses strips secured to the side and end sections and engaging the outer sides of the wire rectangles to hold them in place, a binding strip for holding together the adjacent inher sides of the wire rectangles, a series of vertical transverse partitions terminating at their'lower edges in beads above the bottom plane of the base, a series of Vertical longitudinal partitions, the two series of partitions serving to divide the box into bottle compartments, and a series of longitudinal bottle supporting rods having their end parts rigidly secured to the end sections of -.the box, the intermediate parts of the rods extending through the transverse partitions and being supported therelg. V In testimony whereof I a x my signature,

in presence of two witnesses.

' GOTTLIEB KIJENK- G. O. HOFFMAN, HENRY Nnwrncm. 

